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The Wick - Winslow Homer, Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda, 1899

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Winslow Homer, Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda, 1899

Although little known in Britain, Winslow Homer is one of America’s most celebrated and admired painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Charged with emotional and historical significance, his art tackles the complex social and geopolitical issues of his era, notably race, slavery, class and conflict, as well as broader environmental concerns such as our relationship with nature and the fragility of human life.

Between 1884 and 1909, Homer travelled to the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda, where he created a number of dazzling watercolours of island life. Among them is Flower Garden and Bungalow from 1899, featuring still turquoise waters, tropical sunlight and lush vegetation. Seemingly innocent at first glance, a closer look reveals a lone figure in frantic motion, surely symbolic of human isolation in remote nature.

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